Delhi HC quashes Sanction to prosecute IRS Officer in Two 18 yr Old Cases, says CBI investigation smacks of intentional mischief

Quashing the Sanction Order to prosecute IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal in two 18-year old cases relating to alleged framing of a businessman in a FERA case and graft, the Delhi High Court has slammed CBI for misdirecting the investigation and withholding the material evidence against him. The Court also issued guidelines relating to grant of sanction to prosecute public Servants....

Strict action against errant docs, tab on diagnostic centres must to curb Female Foeticide: Panel to SC

Members of the Supreme Court-appointed National Inspection and Monitoring Committee has told the apex court that only strict curbs and regulation in the working of doctors, diagnostic centres and hospitals will help curb the menace of female foeticide across the country, which is more rampant in north India states.According to the latest estimates, five lakh female foetuses are aborted...

Centre not required to invite Public Tenders for strategic Defence equipment: SC [Read Judgment]

A Division bench of the Supreme Court held on Wednesday that the Centre is not required to invite public tenders for purchase of strategically and critically important apparatus used in defence equipment. The subject matter involved in the case at hand was submarine batteries required for the Indian Navy."Advertisements are issued calling for tenders only for common use items which are...

Leaks from the Supreme Court Collegium and the continuing speculation

The more things change, the more they remain the same.   One of the consequences of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the NJAC case, as many would expect, is that transparency will be the hallmark of the appointment and transfer of Judges. Even as the Central Government is finalising the revised Memorandum of Appointments (MoA), the Supreme Court Collegium has, according to many reports in...

Prosecute Litigants who indulge in filing false claims in Courts invoking Section 209 IPC: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court, on Friday, called upon the Courts to invoke Section 209 of the Indian Penal Code in appropriate cases against the litigants who indulge in false claims. Justice J.R. Midha of Delhi High Court said that the litigants indulge in false claims because of the confidence that no action will be taken.ContextThe Court made these observations in its 99 page judgment in Regular...

Maharashtra Govt files SLP in Supreme Court, challenging Salman Khan's acquittal

Maharashtra Government has reportedly filed Special leave petition in Supreme Court challenging Salman Khan's acquittal by Bombay High Court.A Couple of days ago, media reports had said that a highly-placed source from Law and Judiciary department revealed that directions have been issued to the state lawyers to file the SLP by next week. "The government is likely to challenge the verdict on...

SC agrees to hear plea for implementation of Lodha panel report on sweeping reforms in BCCI

Eighteen days after panel headed by former Chief Justice R M Lodha made public the sweeping changes it recommended in the structure, management and functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI the Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea filed by the complainant Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) seeking implementation of the report.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India...

SC refuses to stay Bombay HC contempt notice against Arundhati Roy, Issues notice [Read Petition]

In a setback to celebrated author Arundhati Roy, the Supreme Court today refused to stay a criminal contempt notice issued by the Bombay High Court against her for her article in a weekly magazine questioning the continued incarceration of Delhi University professor G N Saibaba.The apex court also did not give her any relief from personal exemption from appearance before a single judge of...

‘Pro bono publico’; 20 Significant PILs filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation [CPIL]

Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a Non-Governmental Organisation which is known of filing Public Interest Litigations in Apex Court and other High Courts highlighting issues involving national interest and those affecting common man, is in news, this time, for a different reason. Last week, the CJI, while hearing a fresh PIL filed by CPIL challenging the grant of 4G spectrum licenses...

SC collegium recommends new Chief Justices for seven High Courts

In the first major development after the Apex Court declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission unconstitutional in October last year, the Supreme Court collegium has recommended Judges to occupy the post of Chief Justice for seven High Courts.Justice Dinesh Maheshwari from Allahabad High Court has been recommended for functioning as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court....

Sufficiency of Injury to cause death must be proved to sustain a conviction under Section 302 IPC; SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the sufficiency of injury to cause death must be proved to sustain a conviction under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and that cannot be inferred from the fact that death has taken place. Three Judge Bench comprising of the Chief Justice, T.S. Thakur, Justices A.K. Sikri and R. Banumati, in Nankaunoo vs State of UP, modified conviction of an a person who...

'Lifting of corporate veil' applies to transfer of mining lease if found against public interest: SC [Read Judgment]

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Dave & Goel JJ in State of Rajasthan & Ors v Gotan lime stone khanji udyog pvt. Ltd. & anr. Today held that lifting of corporate veil shall also apply to cases where transactions relating to transfer of mining leases are involved. The bench speaking through Goel J held that even where the transactions separately viewed are...